The Golden Hairpin

She hurriedly stood up and walked to him: "I was thinking about what he said to me."

She didn't know why she was so anxious to explain to him, but Li Shubai's face did not have any mood swings. He stared at her under Xie Hui and gave a faint "Oh".

Huang Zixia felt that it was unfair. Why was she standing in the house clearly reflected by the evening light coming in from outside, while standing in the backlight, he made her unable to see the specific expression no matter how hard she tried. Unclear those things buried deep in his eyes.

He ignored her, turned and walked out.

Huang Zixian followed him to the pillows with anxiety, but he was silent along the way, which made her even more stressed.

It wasn't until he was in the bed, that Huang Zixia mustered up the courage and said, "If the prince finds something to do with me, just let Jing Yu call me..."

He did not answer, only asked: "You have gone to see the Queen and Queen, how did she react?"

"The queen should order someone to summon Concubine Guo Shu, after all, the time is right now."

"Well, for the emperor to kill the innocent princess Tongchang indiscriminately, there are quite a few ministers in the DPRK today, but they were angered and reprimanded, and the imperial concubine was already disturbed for this. But who can blame the Holy Master? I can only blame Concubine Guo Shu."

At this moment, the queen returned to the palace to restrict Concubine Guo Shu. It was the imperial court and the harem unanimously that even the civilians in the capital were also discussing their expectations in private.

"Perhaps even God is helping the Queen. When she needed it the most, Princess Tongchang, whom Guo Shu relied on the most, died, and the ruling and the opposition was disturbed because of this," Huang Zixia whispered.

Li Shubai shook his head and said, "No, it is not a fluke that Queen Wang can come to this day. The people standing behind her are not to be ignored."

Huang Zixia asked: "Wang family?"

"It's not counted." Li Shubai cast his gaze into the glass bottle on the desk, looked at the quietly sinking little fish, and said slowly, "The royal family who is free from the royal family is the real master. The hands behind the court."

In front of Huang Zixian's eyes, the man standing on the pavilion of Taiji Palace suddenly flashed past, looking at her from a distance.

A man with a purple robe and jade belt, his eyes are like poisonous snakes.

He put her hand in the fish tank and let Agashne swallow the coagulated blood in her hand.

She suddenly understood it in an instant, and murmured: "Wang Zongshi."

Li Shubai didn't say anything, only the corners of his lips twitched slightly, and said, "If it weren't for the power of Wang Zongshi, how could I get to this step, how can I sit in this position?"

Huang Zixia was silent.

Ten years ago, the first emperor passed away, and Wang Zongshi was appointed as the lieutenant of Zuo Shence’s guard army. He killed Wang Guichang, Magongru, Wang Jufang and others who were intent on rebellion. Hero.

However, the emperor didn't know how difficult it was to sit in this position until after ascending to the throne.

For nearly a hundred years in this dynasty, the government has been controlled by eunuchs, and courtiers died at their hands, and even the emperor was killed by the eunuchs. The emperor pretended to be stupid and concealed for many years, and finally killed Ma Yuanzhi, who had supported him at the time, but the current emperor could not deceive Wang Zongshi, who had already been prepared for a long time, and was unable to resist.

Fortunately, three years ago, after the great turmoil in Xuzhou, King Kui Li Shubai put down the rebellion, he used the six major juntas to make his way, and the ten divisions of the capital also obeyed his orders, and the royal family finally cultivated its own power. The royal palace of Kui and the army of Shence have restricted each other, and in the past few years, it has been the most reassuring period for the court and the emperor.

Huang Zixia's eyes fell on his calm side, and she thought to herself, when the first emperor passed away, when he was only thirteen years old, what was it like when he was sent out from the Daming Palace? How did he live his six years as the unknown King Tong? At the age of nineteen, he became famous in the first battle and showed his sharp edge. From then on, when he carried the life and death of the entire Datang imperial family, what were he thinking about?

There is no leisure in his life, he has countless important responsibilities and is exhausted. She once thought about the joy of his life, but now she thinks about it, joy is too extravagant for him, his entire life, perhaps only the responsibility to Li Tang Royal, without his own life.

Because his surname is Li, he is Kui Wang Li Shubai.

Huang Zixia looked at him silently, but he turned his head back, impartially, the two eyes fell on one place, looking at each other for a long time.

She lowered her eyes, but he still looked at her and asked: "The secret of Concubine Guo Shu has been leaked. Have you ever thought about how Yu Xuan will end up?"

She bit her lower lip and whispered: "The queen won't expose this matter. What good will it do for her? The queen's smartest way should be to warn Concubine Guo Shu, so that Concubine Guo Shu will also come forward and propose the queen back. It’s just one of the people in the palace."

"Compared with the Queen and Queen, Concubine Guo Shu is too clever, isn't it? She has only one daughter, but she deliberately hopes to bring down the Queen who has a pair of children and raises the prince herself by virtue of the emperor’s love for the princess. In the court where words and deeds are cautious, they still write love poems by hand to teach others to handle them." Li Shubai said without any emotion, after thinking about it, and then asked, "When will you start to be sure? You are private with Yu Xuan. Not Princess Tongchang, but Concubine Guo Shu?"

"In Zhijinyuan, when I saw the unfinished poem." Huang Zixian raised her face, staring at the dimming sky outside the window, and whispered, "Since it's not the same Princess Chang's handwriting, then the person who was in Zhijinyuan that day should be the murderer of Cardamom. The princess who had planned to let Cardamom to emigrate can protect her, and she would rather let her misunderstand her resentment and cover it up. That person is naturally... her mother, Concubine Guo Shu. And her handwriting is the same as the poem on the letter that Yu Xuan burned that day."

The sky was getting darker, and the lights in the room appeared to be brighter and brighter. They were cast on the two of them, the brighter the brighter, the darker the darker.

"Furthermore, the sentence in that letter,'I don’t know each other at this time, I am willing to follow the emperor from month to month', and it shouldn’t be the words of the princess. Xuan himself came to give lectures, how could he write such elusive verses to Yu Xuan?"

Li Shubai licked slightly, looking motionless in the water, like a little red fish asleep, and said: "There are rumors that Concubine Guo Shu frequently enters and exits the princess's mansion and has a private relationship with her husband and Mawei. There are also rumors in the market that Princess Tongchang is forcing the imperial prison. Xuezhengyu was declared into the mansion, and he was put to shame—however, what is the truth, and who really knows it?"

Huang Zixia asked: "When did the prince notice this?"

"A little earlier than you." He sat in front of the case, looking at the little fish, with a very calm expression, "The Jiuluan Chai was stolen. When you went to check in the Qiyun Pavilion, I was by the railing outside the pavilion and saw Concubine Guo Shu below. She gave Yu Xuan something—later, you told me that it was a letter, and you told me the remaining sentence in the letter."

She hesitated, and finally asked: "Why didn't the prince tell me?"

"I think this matter has nothing to do with you and this case."

Huang Zixia was silent for a long time before saying: "In any case, Yu Xuan and I have known each other for many years, and I should still know about him..."

"Then why should I tell you? Anyway, he is waiting for you in Yizhou, so you can speak with him slowly."

For the first time since the two met, he interrupted her with this sharp tone, which surprised her, looked up at him, and said: "When the things here are over, the prince said that he would take me there immediately. of."

"Can't wait, don't you?" He sneered and asked.

Huang Zixian asked in amazement, "Do you still have to delay in the capital?"

"Then why don't you go to Shu with Yu Xuan and want me to take you there?"

Huang Zixian was confused and didn't understand why he suddenly turned his face. He could only explain: "This case has been finalized. If the prince doesn't help me, I will definitely find it difficult to reverse the case in Shu. I have negotiated with the prince before. Now that the prince is going to regret it?"

"This king has never repented in this life." The expression on Li Shubai's face became more and more icy. He turned his eyes and never looked at her again. He just said coldly, "You are right, we originally made each other's terms. We only need to rely on each other. When your family's case comes to light, we can part ways and never owe each other again."

Huang Zixia felt that there were some things in his words that he did not admit, but according to their initial agreement, it was indeed the case.

She looked up and saw him with a cold face. She felt confused for a while, and she couldn't help but walked closer to him and said: "In any case, please don't forget your promise to take me to Shu to investigate the murder of my parents and family. My family redressed their grievances..."

She unconsciously stretched out her hand to him, and when she passed a few cases, she only felt a cold wrist. The glazed lamp placed on the corner of the case was taken by her hand, and suddenly fell to the blue brick floor below, banging. There was a crisp sound, the glass cup was smashed to pieces, and the water splashed in all directions, leaving only the little red fish bouncing on the ground in vain.

Huang Zixia stayed for a while, and immediately squatted down, holding the fish in her palm.

This is the little fish that Li Shubai has been raising by his side. In his boring and busy life, it is the only bright color that allows him to take a look at it when he is free.

Therefore, when Huang Zixia held it in her palm, a trace of regret flashed in her heart.

You must not let it die, and you must not let yourself destroy Li Shubai's only bright color with your own hands.

The pen was washed in the house, the tea in the pot was still warm, and it was impossible to raise fish. As soon as she turned around, holding the little red fish and ran to the outside steps-the pillow flow pavilion was built on the shore of the water, surrounded by lotus flowers, and the steps could go directly down to the water.

She held the small fish, scooped a handful of water in the water, and watched it turn over with its tail flicking, only to breathe a sigh of relief, and looked up at Li Shubai.

Standing in the waterside pavilion, Li Shubai stared at her with those extremely deep eyes, but only saw that she was holding the little fish all the time, watching herself silently.

He paused for a while, and finally took a bronze knight from the Bogu rack and walked to her side.

However, when she held up her hand to put the little red fish into the bronze knight, the little fish suddenly jumped in panic and plunged into the water from her palm.

A tiny ripple appeared, and the little fish dived into the water and never saw it again.

She squatted on the water's edge in amazement, and saw Li Shubai standing next to her change drastically.

The pond is so wide that it is full of lotus flowers, and the little fish has only one knuckle length. Even if the whole lotus pond is uprooted and the water is drained, it will never be possible to find such a small fish.

Huang Zixia frowned deeply when she saw Li Shubai's brows.

A little red fish, never grows up, stays in his glass cup all the time. When he first met, he said that this little fish was related to a secret that even the emperor could not talk about. And now, this little fish was lost from her hands.

Huang Zixia stood by the lotus pond with all the water in her hands pouring down under her clothes. She looked up at Li Shubai in confusion, but Li Shubai didn't look at her or say a word. For a long time, she turned and went inside.

Only Huang Zixia was standing alone on the waterside steps, the lotus breeze moved slightly, and the evening light was gorgeous, making everything in front of her blurred, and she could hardly see the world again.